[papaf]

I can't even dismiss it as typical Guardian progressive ranting

FYI because it is not clear from the article, but this is actually a marketing piece for a book:

Postcapitalism is published by Allen Lane on 30 July.

Paul Mason is the award-winning economics editor of Channel 4 News. His books include Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: the New Global Revolutions ('Compact, urgent, present-tense, declarative and addictive' - Andy Beckett, Guardian); Live Working Die Fighting ('Indispensable, brilliant' - Ken Loach; longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award); and Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed ('Lucid and sharply polemical' - Oliver Kamm, The Times).

[omonra]

I guess he leaves the good bits for the book :)